Impresario

Impresario (from the Italian impresa, an enterprise or undertaking) is a traditional term still in use in the entertainment industry for a producer of concerts, tours and other events in music, opera, theatre and even rodeo. (It is sometimes misspelled ‘impressario.’) Historically significant impresarios in the traditional sense include Rudolf Bing, Sergei Diaghilev, Richard D'Oyly Carte, Fortune Gallo, and Sol Hurok. The term is occasionally app... more
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